Heptathela higoensis

Heptathela higoensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mesothelae
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Mesothelae

Familia: Liphistiidae
Genus: Heptathela
Species: Heptathela higoensis

Name

Heptathela higoensis Haupt, 1983

Type locality: Kumamoto-shi, Kyushu, Japan

Holotype: MCZ. male ♂. 27-IX-1973. legit M. Yoshikura.

Synonyms

• Heptathela kimurai higoensis Haupt, 1983: 283 (original combination)
• Heptathela higoensis (Haupt): Ono, 1998 (elevated from subspecies)
• Heptathela nishikawai Ono, 1998: 19 (synonymized by Xu et al., 2019: 9)
  • Type locality: Hitoyoshi-shi, Kumamoto Pref., Kyushu, Japan
    • Holotype: NSMT. female ♀. 19-XI-1996. legit H. Ono. Ar 3526.
• Heptathela yaginumai Ono, 1998: 20 (synonymized by Xu et al., 2019: 9)
  • Type locality: Honjô, Kunitomi-chô, Higashimorokata-gun, Miyazaki Pref., Kyushu, Japan
    • Holotype: NSMT. female ♀ 18-VI-1949. legit T. Yaginuma. Ar 108.

References

Primary references

• Haupt, J. 1983: Vergleichende Morphologie der Genitalorgane und Phylogenie der liphistiomorphen Webspinnen (Araneae: Mesothelae). I. Revision der bisher bekannten Arten. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 21(4): 275–293. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.1983.tb00296.x. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ono, H. 1998a. Spiders of the genus Heptathela (Araneae, Liphistiidae) from Kyushu, Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum Tokyo 30: 13-27. Reference page. 
• Xu, X., Ono, H., Kuntner, M., Liu, F.X. & Li, D.Q. 2019. A taxonomic monograph of the liphistiid spider genus Heptathela, endemic to Japanese islands. ZooKeys 888: 1-50. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.888.34494 . Reference page. 

Vernacular names

日本語: ヒゴキムラグモ